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United States Patent | 6,086,487 |
Morgan ,   et al. | July 11, 2000 |
A method for selecting a golf ball whose performance characteristics match a golfer's critical playing characteristics for the purpose of reducing the golfer's score. The method comprises the steps of determining a golfer's critical playing characteristics, prioritizing ball performance characteristics, and selecting a golf ball from a predetermined set of golf balls which best matches the golfer's critical playing characteristics to ball performance characteristics.
Inventors: | Morgan; William E. (Barrington, RI); Bohn; Mary Lou (Dover, MA) |
Assignee: | Acushnet Company (Fairhaven, MA) |
Appl. No.: | 283967 |
Filed: | April 2, 1999 |
Current U.S. Class: | 473/407; 473/131; 473/278; 473/289; 473/292; 473/385; 473/409 |
Intern'l Class: | A63B 057/00 |
Field of Search: | 473/351,131,407,409,289,278,292,385 |
5713803 | Feb., 1998 | Oshima | 473/407. |
5864960 | Feb., 1999 | DeNicolo et al. | 33/508. |